Witch’s Woods

It was a very fun time. We did all four attractions and the actors in all four were very good. It wasnt busy at all and we got into all of the attractions in good time! I would recommend this place to everyone!

Super expensive and not worth it at all! The lines were ridiculously long and for the price we paid, I expected much more.

If I could give it zero stars, I would. This place robs you for money, with tickets being $ 35 per person, and the actors being awful. The hay ride takes forever to get on, and when you do, the actors are horrible, fake, and they just run alongside of the tractor begging for water and occasionally saying «rawr» in your face. Everything is super lit up so nothing is really a surprise. The other attaractions were just as bad, there’s a little section with showcases of supposedly «scary» things, and it was all just so lame. If I was 15 years younger (I’m 22) then maybe it would be a little creepy, but it’s totally not worth the money at all. My fiancé and I left early because it was so bad, but our friends stayed to see the last attraction. After waiting in line for 45 minutes, the thing closed due to a flood or water damage, and they wouldn’t give them any money back even though that attraction was one of the 3 that your ticket paid for. I’ve been to several other places in Ma, NH, and RI, that were much more scary, so save your money, don’t torture the family and friends, and take your business elsewhere.

My husband Tim and I have gone to many haunted attractions over the years and are huge fans of the horror genre.
We went to Witches Woods for the first time 4 years ago, and every year since!
This is not the scariest, or the largest haunted attraction around but I will go every year for the few things that I feel are done REALLY well such as the haunted hayride. The kids (yes, everyone under 30 is a kid to me) do a fantastic job of acting, the story is tight, and the tour guide is always on spot.
I love the pumpkin carvings, and the hall of the infamous.
But my personal favorite are the fire dancers. Holy crap these men and women are seriously talented! The song choices are hypnotic, and just watching them twirl and throw fire hoops, chains and the like are equally thrilling! I would go just for them. Can’t wait to see them again. I wish there were more places to see this type of art.

Very expensive and a little underwhelming.
We travel all over doing Halloween fun (California, Chicago, Florida, New Jersey, etc.) and have definitely experienced scarier, more fun and better Halloween attractions
Cons:
EXPENSIVE
long lines
people smoke in these long lines
the haunted houses were less than scary and pretty short
the «haunted hayride» contained no actual hay, was full of diesel fumes but the scariest of all the attractions.
Pros:
carved pumpkins were AMAZING! I want to talk to the carvers, simply stunning
plenty of parking
played movies while in line (Labyrinth!)
Overall, it was a nice night out but I don’t think we will be returning

Used to love this place when it was less… staged. The storytelling is still spot on but the acting needs SERIOUS help. Walking up to me and going rawr… doesn’t work! From what I’m hearing the actors were told to tone it down and use CUE CARDS?! SERIOUSLY?! LAME! Love the actors that make it their own and run w it but more of em need to do so. The whole thing just seems so phoned in this year

Yes, this place is overpriced. No, it is not worth what they charge. HOWEVER … as for haunted attractions in New England, I have to say it is probably much better than Spookyworld or Hysteria which are just as expensive. Come October, there is noplace in the world like New England! Once the leaves start to change color, there is a chill in the air and droves of haunted hayrides and haunted houses open up.
One tip … avoid LONG lines (we are talking an hour+ for the hayride) by going on Thursday or Sunday night. Friday and Saturday nights get crowded! However, if you are going on an ‘off-​night’ keep in mind that some of the haunts will be staffed less than busy nights … so you may not get as many actors roaming around or popping out in the haunts.
Don’t expect haunted houses … the haunted ‘houses’ such as Castle Morbid, 3-​D Cryptkeeper Haunt and Insane Asylum are pretty much a series of tents that are set up with sheets or barriers which wind you through a path. There is one attraction which is inside a building and it is so short that it is hardly worth it.
The later you go, the more the lines dissapate. However, as it gets later, the actors tend to go on break or go home … or just not that into the roles, which may take away from your enjoyment.
We felt that in the haunts, most of the actors just kind of pop out and breath heavy right next to you or do the ‘stare down’ thing. Maybe they are told not to make loud noises or startle people, which is kind of the fun of a haunted house. There were a few actors (especially on the hayride) who seemed like creepy middle aged men who said some inappropriate sexually explicit things to the girls we were with. In fact, one of them got a little too close to one of the girl’s faces while doing weird shit with his tounge, so I had to step in and things got a bit uncomfortable. Hopefully they do background checks on these pervy guys.
The hayride was the best part. Few of the haunted theme parks have hayrides anymore. They took the hay out because ‘kids were allergic’ so you just sit on a tractor with a flatbed wagon in the back and you get to see different scenes as you drive through. It seemed that both sides had equal haunts and the announcers are good.
They also have outdoor displays with lighted jackolanterns (plastic, but still cool) and some really cheesy scenes behind glass cases of horrible mannequins from Freddy Kruger to the Mummy. They have a couple carnival type rides, a midway and vendors selling everything from Sausage to Candy Apples and Fried Dough. There is a restaurant called The Overlook upstairs which serves drinks and food … always a good idea to stop in here first to buzz up.
Parking is free and easy to find. Overall, while it is not worth even close to what they charge … its the best of all the other ones. I’d recommend doing this over Spookyworld or Hysteria. I think Market Basket has discount coupons … but they aren’t good on Friday or Saturday.

What a great
daughter and 2 friends loved it. Well actually did some crying. tthey all want Togo back next
the hay ride last long line but goes fast. Food is what u expect to pay at any fair even so we garbed Burgerking before. Girls got cotton candy and candy apples. All and all a great time 33.00 next year groupin 15 for sure.

I’ve heard good things about this place, so my friends and I thought we’d give it a go. We are all in our mid-​late 20’s…if we were 10 years younger this place would be great.
For the price we paid, I expected a lot more. The houses weren’t very long, takes less than 10 minutes to go through each one. The hayride was the best part. This place is definitely great for younger kids and teenagers, but if you’re looking for a big scare, I’d go elsewhere.
Overall, I had a fun night. It wasn’t the scariest, but my friends and I made it worth while. We went on a Friday & there were no lines, I was very surprised. The best part is that the bar in the ski lodge is open. Maybe we should’ve hit that up before the houses!

Is this place terrifying? No but it is still a lot of fun it has the great atmosphere and the spooky characters running around everywhere and that’s what matters to me. I walk around here and it feels like Halloween which is all that matters. My family and I went and we all had a blast. Job well done!

I was a little nervous about this place after reading some so-​so reviews. We had a bit of a drive (coming from Cambridge) and $ 32 is a lot of money!
Your best bet is to go on a Sunday night (granted, we did go the Sunday before Halloween). It didn’t seem like they had a skeleton crew on as there were lots and lots of actors around. Sunday is also great because they have an online coupon for $ 5 off.
I’m not a huge fan of haunted houses, but I do love haunted hayrides. But the houses turned out to be my favorite part!
The hayride was great and very well done, but I am honestly more used to more «homegrown» haunted hayrides where you get cider and donuts during the ride ;-). The actors were great though, the guide was great, the woods were sufficiently creepy… all in all a great show!
Nightmare Mansion was fantastic, and we didn’t have to wait in line. The décor was great and there were lots of surprises!
The 3D Crypt attraction was incredible. I had been to a 3D haunted house in Salem before but this was a bit longer and trippier. You occasionally couldn’t tell if things were actors or scenery which made for a fun time.
The only line we waited in was for Castle Morbid (40 min!), which while well-​done was much tamer than the other 2 houses.
The 2 free attractions were fun to walk-​through and the roaming actors were a blast. All the actors in general seemed to be having a good time!
As I generally avoid haunted houses, I’m not sure if WW would be scary enough for haunted house connoisseurs, but we had a blast!

I visited this venue last night, using a Groupon I bought for $ 39.00 which included admission for 2 people. We did all 3 of the haunted houses (3D Keeper’s Crypt, Nightmare Mansion, and Castle Morbid), the haunted hay ride, and the two free attractions as well (The Jack O’ Lantern Jamboree and Horrorwood Chamber of Chills)
The haunted houses were okay, they have people dressed up that jump out at you — this for adults is humorous, I more of a startle than scary as you know they cannot touch you. The haunted hayride has a great story base and was a nice way to end the evening.
Witch’s Woods is a good way to have some fun as adults, and this would be great for kids ages 9 – 13 to really be scary.
Overall, I would say this was a good deal with the Groupon, but I would have been disappointed should we have paid full price.

Honestly, if someone would have told me how long the lines were going to be I would have saved my money. Two hour lines for every single attraction, you don’t even get to enjoy the fun because you are in line the whole time. I wish they would put a limit on park entrance.

I had been to Witch’s Woods in the past, so when I went last night, I was expecting it to be really good, what a let down! The monsters that wonder the grounds are really cool, but other than that, I believe this is a lot of money for the lack of scares! This is another haunted attraction that I would pass on in the future and I wouldnt recommend it to friends either

Witch’s Woods is the perfect place for Halloween fun. Go here before you think about going to Spooky World.
Our group went on a Thursday night. There were no lines for anything. We tried all three houses. The 3D clown thing wasn’t great, but the other two were awesome. The actors were so good that you couldn’t tell if they were dummies until they jumped out and scared the **** out of you. The hay ride was the least «scary», but most interesting. It’s a nice long ride and very well done. Try to get the front of the ride if you want to be scared though. In addition to the haunted attractions, they also have great carnival rides like «the Freak Out» and the classic swinging ship ride. It was definitely a great deal of fun and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.
Obviously if you go on a Friday or Saturday night, go into it knowing what it is and expect to wait.

Went here with a few people last Saturday night fully expecting long lines. I think the trick is, get there on the late end, we arrived around 9:30. At that point, all the lines were pretty long, so here’s what we did. We started with the hayride, which was the longest line in the park, it took about an hour. After we finished it was close to 11, so the park is technically closed and only open to people who still need to complete all the attractions. Since no one new was coming in the lines for the rest of the houses were 5 – 10 minutes at MOST. By our last house, there was no wait.
As for the scariness factor, this place was spot on. The haunted hayride is the least scary, but it’s a fun experience and the guys with chainsaws definitely freak you out. Castle Morbid had me totally freaked. The costumes are awesome, and the actors really put on a great performance. We were screaming non-​stop, and I was with some people who are «too cool» to get scared.
I know a lot of people weren’t a fan of the 3D house, but my glasses seemed new and all that 3D paint was pretty trippy. The Nightmare Mansion house was also really good. We were some of the last people to go through and the actors definitely didn’t wimp out. They gave it their all right to chasing us out the doors.
Add in the few vendors, games and rides and it was a really awesome night. While they might not be the most elaborately-​designed haunted houses, it’s definitely a fun — and freaky — time.

Ready? Here goes. From the drive in, with brightly lit rides, a sprawling landscape, and free parking, Witch’s Woods looked like it just might be a five-​star spook experience. Sadly, it’s a tad too small. They offer 3 attractions/​haunts and a haunted hay ride, for $ 28. We skimped on the final haunted house because by 10:30 pm, the lines were atrociously long.
The location, at Nashoba Valley, is great. The price isn’t that bad, but the attractions are pretty quick to walk through (and 3D was a disappointment, since it was super short). They offer a couple of carnival rides that were cool to look at, and some carnival game stands too. The haunted hay ride (sans hay, which is apparently an allergen? pft) was worth the wait, and the ghoul greeters standing outside it were pretty awesome.
We were able to sneak in flasks and smoke cigarettes whenever we wanted. Classy. I would have been pissed if I was a parent in line behind us. But, as an adult, I was pissed at the small children being generally annoying and bumping into me. It evens out.
The employees and attractions were spooky enough. The food was all undercooked, but not super absurdly priced. They don’t sell beer.
I’d recommend going on a weekday night, when lines might be shorter, since the wait time is really what sucks about this place.

Maybe it was because we got there late, but I was SO disappointed! The only good thing was that I had comp tickets so I didn’t feel I paid for nothing… which was what it was… nothing
we got there around 845 and left at 11… in that time we parked… which took 15 minutes… we went the bathroom… which took 10 minutes (long line) and we waited in a HUGE line which took over an hour… and we wen to one attraction, the 3D thing… which was not scary AT ALL! Maybe because we were the last 2 in line and saw all the «scares» from the back… When I got out of the 3 minute walk through… I was so pissed… thinking I waited in line for that??? HORRIBLE. By that time it was 1030 and me and my sister went to the bar… which was the best part of the night… we got a Pumpkin ale, and left… it was 11pm… I was frozen, disappoined… and done…

Well… let’s see… I feel 2 ways about Witch’s Woods.
The first is if I had children or brought my 7 year old brother here, then it would be a 4 star. The second would be me being a 20’s something and coming here, I give it a mediocre 3 star.
Why?
To start off, I want to give mad props to the actors and staff members who have so much energy to run around this place and «frighten» us. And for dealing with with pesky teenage kids all day. I know I’d be ready to throw something at someone if I was working there.
For children, this seems to be a great place for Halloween. There is plenty to do for the children between the carnival games, the hayride, the stage for dancing, the mazes, the fried dough and other junk food, and the thrill of running around being silly.
But for the 20’s something… it seems to be a little lackluster. While I enjoyed my time here, most of that had to do with my company. I didn’t feel like I got the scare that I needed. I kind of knew where everyone’s places were, when they were going to jump out, and what they were going to do. Now… maybe if I had a few drinks beforehand, maybe I would think differently, but I still felt that the evening despite how late it was, it was still catered towards the younger ones.
I had imagined something a bit bigger when being described as a scare park. Think running around throughout the park being scared every 2 seconds. Witch’s Woods didn’t meet my expectations, but again if I had a youngin’ this would be a whole different game.
Suggestion Box:
* May we get plastic 3D glasses if you’re reusing them? I couldn’t keep these darn things on my face when going through the last maze. I had to keep them up with my hands and really didn’t enjoy having to stumble all over the place because I couldn’t see.
* Go darker and spookier with the mazes.
* Hayride could have used a bit more scare tactics.
I feel like I probably got scared more from riding the Haunted House at Disney.

I was really hoping this haunted house was going to be super scary… it was good and a step up from the ones I went to in the midwest.
It has a lot to do with who you go with. I went with this girl who screamed a lot so we were knocking each other over in the house and it was a blast.
The price is a bit steep. I got the group discount since I was able to buddy up with some people and so we all go a discount of $ 5. It did entertain us for about two hours I suppose. The hayride was good. too bad we weren’t paying attention and screaming the entire time. I am sure the guy who I kicked about ten times didn’t appreciate it either.
Oh well…